Ned was thinking that he was going off to go fight monsters, not human beings.There was allot of bodies of the Japanese were left unburied and that was a fearfully thing for the Navajos to see. The traditions told them to avoid the of the ones who have died because sometimes a bad spirit remains around the body, if a person died in a Hogan, the Hogan would be abandoned forever. It was not easy for the Navajos to step over them and it was really hard to even be in the same foxhole for the whole night and they even had to touch the dead but it was their duty. The enemy had to do their duty too, one of their first duty was to fight until they had died, yep i don't like that nether. Even if they had been caught and had their gun taken away, they would still try to kill with a hidden knife. All they had was five rules in combat
1. Obey without question or hesitation.
2. Always take the offence.
3. Surprise the enemy when ever possible.
4. Never retreat.
5 Never surrender.
After Ned saw some of the Japanese that were taken prisoners, that most had been taken away from their homes to work for the army as laborers, later Ned figured out that the Japanese were not monsters at all, just human beings.
Ned had to go to more training, he had to walk all the way through the desert for miles and there were only 3 Navajos and the rest were Americans. Ever one was really tired and they only had one canteen of water so if they ran out they die. Ever one had finished their canteen by half way there but Ned and his friends had made it without any water and their canteens were full and not a drop drank but every one asked if they could have some water and even the Sargent asked and every one had collapsed so they made Ned and his friends go to the camp and to bring back a water truck. The secret was that they were drinking from the cacti that were all over the place but they never told and it was big fun because everyone was amazed that they didn't drink any water.
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